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Two Decades of Knowledge is a compilation of papers, slides, posters and book chapters written and presented by informational professionals of Pustaka Negeri Sarawak in conferences, seminars and workshop at national, regional and international level. It is a twenty-year accumulation of knowledge and active contribution by Pustaka Negeri Sarawak to the nurturing of a well-informed society.
It can be difficult for urbanized folk to imagine a world where the daily sounds are those of nature and of the small noises of human work and voices. How much more difficult is it to imagine the incredible impact of the ancient musical dancing ceremonies of the Oceanic tribes of the Kanak? It is evident that these ceremonies, named pilou-pilou by the first French missionaries, had great importance in Kanak life, and that they were the most tremendous acoustical events to be heard in that world. The beating of bark-clappers and the stamping of bamboo tubes was combined with part-songs by two singers, accompanied by the shouting, cries, and whistles of hundreds of dancers. All this must have ...
Sekalipun sering dianggap sebagai karya pertama sastera klasik Melayu oleh kaum sarjana yang meminati ilmu pengajian Melayu, dan tela’ah demi tela’ah telah dilakukan terhadapnya sejak pertengahan abad ke-19, namun Hikayat Raja Pasai, belum pernah dikaji secara mendalam oleh sejarawan. Penerbitan edisi terbaru karya yang melakar zaman awal kedatangan Islam di Sumatera Utara oleh Prof. Emeritus Datuk Dr. Ahmat Adam ini adalah percubaan terkini beliau untuk mengetengahkan beberapa tafsiran baru mengenai karya klasik Melayu yang belum pernah diungkapkan oleh mana-mana kajian; satu daripadanya ialah aspek tasawuf di dalam karya itu.
Calon suaminya seorang CEO ternama namun Iris Suhayla langsung tidak mengenalinya. Dia hanya mula mengenali Izzul Haq setelah banyak gosip lelaki itu dikaitkan dengan Putri Ariyana bertebaran di media massa. Bagi Iris Suhayla, bolehkah dirinya yang hanya dicalonkan oleh keluarga kekal menjadi isteri lelaki itu setelah akad dilafaz kelak? Namun buat Izzul Haq, gosip bersama Putri Ariyana hanya mempercepatkan perkahwinan mereka sahaja. Dia bakal mengahwini gadis yang dicintai sejak sekian lama, bakal memiliki keturunan bersama-sama dengannya. Hanya Iris Suhayla yang tidak sedar akan perkara itu. Mengahwini seorang lelaki yang pernah difikirkannya suatu masa dahulu. Dan itulah perjuangan Iris Suhayla hingga ke akhirnya, mencari kebahagiaan dunia dan akhirat di sebalik onak duri bersuamikan seorang CEO ternama, Izzul Haq bin Dato’ Izhar! Bagi yang tertanya-tanya akan titik pertemuan mereka, marilah sama-sama kita hayatinya di dalam Abangku, CEO Sengal!.
New Caledonia is a French territory located in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of a main island, known as Grande Terre, and several smaller islands. The population of New Caledonia is around 280,000, with the majority of the population living in the capital city of Noumea on Grande Terre. The official language is French, but the indigenous Kanak people also speak several indigenous languages. The economy of New Caledonia is largely dependent on the mining industry, specifically nickel production, which accounts for around 80% of the country’s export revenue. Tourism is also important, with visitors attracted to the country’s beautiful beaches, coral reefs, and unique cultural herita...
Presents an alphabetical listing of information on the peoples of Asia and Oceania including origins, prehistory, history, culture, languages, and relationships to other cultures.
Pendidikan merupakan suatu tugas yang mencabar. Baik sebagai guru di sekolah mahupun ibubapa di rumah, tugas mendidik dilihat sebagai suatu tanggungjawab. Justeru adakalanya menyebabkan kita terlepas pandang dengan melihat tugas mendidik hanyalah berlaku di sekolah sahaja. Oleh itu aktiviti meningkatkan pengetahuan, kefahaman dan kemahiran mendidik dianggap hanya perlu dilakukan oleh guru di sekolah. Buku ini menjelaskan mengapa setiap individu sebenarnya merupakan pendidik. Samada sebagai guru di sekolah, ibubapa di rumah, mahupun ahli masyarakat, kita semua perlu sentiasa berusaha menambah pengetahuan, meningkatkan kefahaman dan kemahiran dalam mendidik. Tanpa usaha meningkatkan kefahaman ...
Indigenous museums and cultural centres have sprung up across the developing world, and particularly in the Southwest Pacific. This book looks to the future of museum practice through examining how these museums have evolved to incorporate the present and the future in the display of culture.
In today’s globalized world, traditions of a national Self and a national Other no longer hold. This timely volume considers the stakes in our changing definitions of national boundaries in light of the unmistakable transformation of German and Dutch societies. Examining how the literature of migration intervenes in public discourses on multiculturality and including detailed analysis of works by the Turkish-German writers Emine Sevgi Özdamer and Feridun Zaimoglu and the Moroccan-Dutch writers Abdelkader Benali and Hafid Bouazza, New Germans, New Dutch offers crucial insights into the ways in which literature negotiates both difference and the national context of its writing.